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BOHEA
Definition of BOHEA
noun
A black tea from Fujian, China.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hokkien 武夷 (Bú-î) or 武夷茶 (Bú-î-tê, “Bohea tea”), named after the Bohea Hills or in Hokkien 武夷山 (Bú-î-soaⁿ), also known as Wuyi Mountains from Mandarin 武夷山 (Wǔyíshān), in Fujian where the tea is grown. Compare French bou.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOHEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOHEA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABEHO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BOHEA?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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